HUMBLE PIE

Meaning of HUMBLE PIE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1830

: a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction — often used in the phrase eat humble pie

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HUMBLE PIE — noun Date: 1830 a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HUMBLE PIE — noun Etymology: humble s 1. a. : a meat pie formerly made of the inferior parts of a deer and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMBLE PIE — 1. humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation. 2. Obs. a pie made of the viscera and other …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMBLE PIE — n. pie that was made in the past from the edible internal organs of an animal (such as deer or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HUMBLE PIE — Function: noun Date: 1830 : a figurative serving of humiliation usually in the form of a forced submission, apology, or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HUMBLE PIE — [humble pie] n (1830): a figurative serving of humiliation usu. in the form of a forced submission, apology, or retraction--often …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMBLE PIE — n. (forced) to eat ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
HUMBLE PIE — перен. унижение to eat humble ≈ терпеть унижение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMBLE PIE — перен. унижение to eat humble pie — терпеть унижение
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HUMBLE PIE — n. обида, унижение
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HUMBLE PIE — n. обида, унижение
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HUMBLE PIE — унижение to eat humble pie — терпеть унижение
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HUMBLE PIE — унижение to eat humble pie — терпеть унижение
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HUMBLE PIE — перен. унижение to eat humble ≈ терпеть унижение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIE — I. ˈpī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMBLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PIE — (n.) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMBLE — (v. t.) To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently …
Английский словарь Webster
HUMBLE — (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
Английский словарь Webster
PIE — ( n. ) An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMBLE — ( v. t. ) To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMBLE — ( superl. ) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — pie 1 — pielike , adj. /puy/ , n. 1. a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HUMBLE — — humbleness , n. — humbler , n. — humblingly , adv. — humbly , adv. /hum"beuhl, um"-/ , adj., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PIE — I. ˈpī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pica; akin to Latin picus woodpecker, Old High German speh …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HUMBLE — I. ˈhəm-bəl also chiefly Southern ˈəm- adjective ( hum·bler -b(ə-)lər ; hum·blest -b(ə-)ləst) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIE — noun ·see camp, ·noun, 5. 2. pie ·noun the service book. 3. pie ·vt ·see pi. 4. pie ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
HUMBLE — adj hornless. ·see hummel. 2. humble ·superl near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; …
Webster English vocab
PIE — [pie] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L pica; akin to L picus woodpecker, OHG speh] (13c ): magpie [2]pie n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HUMBLE — [hum.ble] adj hum.bler ; hum.blest [ME, fr. OF, fr. L humilis low, humble, fr. humus earth; akin to Gk chthon …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PIE — dish made by lining a shallow container with pastry (q.v.) and filling the container with a sweet or savoury mixture. …
Britannica English vocabulary
HUMBLE — humble BrE AmE ˈhʌm b ə l ▷ humbled ˈhʌm b ə ld ▷ humbler ˈhʌm blə AmE \ -bl …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIE — / paɪ; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] 1. fruit baked in a dish with pastry on the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMBLE — / ˈhʌmbl; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( hum·bler / ˈhʌmblə(r); NAmE / hum·blest / ˈhʌmblɪst; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — pie S2 /paɪ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from pie 'magpie' ( ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HUMBLE — I. hum ‧ ble 1 /ˈhʌmb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HUMBLE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 a having or showing a low estimate of one's own importance. b offered with or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIE — n. 1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HUMBLE — adj. & v. adj. 1 a having or showing a low estimate of one's own importance. b offered with or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIE — 1. n.1 a baked dish of meat, fish, fruit, etc., usu. with a top and base of pastry. 2 anything …
Oxford English vocab
HUMBLE — adj. & v. --adj. 1. a having or showing a low estimate of one's own importance. b offered with or …
Oxford English vocab
PIE — ( pies) 1. A pie consists of meat, vegetables, or fruit baked in pastry. ...a pork pie. ...apple pie and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HUMBLE — ( humbler, humblest, humbles, humbling, humbled) 1. A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc ▪ I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers. as easy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HUMBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES in my humble opinion (= used when giving your opinion, especially when you want …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PIE — [noun] - a round pastry container in which meat, vegetables or fruit are cooked and which might also be covered …
Cambridge English vocab
HUMBLE — Synonyms and related words : abase, abash, abject, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, altruistic, amenable, apologetic, base, baseborn, beat down, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Slang English vocab
HUMBLE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE.
Slang English vocab
PIE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apple , chicken , meat ( esp. BrE ), pumpkin ( esp. AmE ), etc. ▪ mud …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PIE — n. 25B6; noun PASTRY, tart, tartlet, quiche, pasty, patty, turnover, strudel. See lists here and at cake . 25A0; pie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMBLE — adj. 25B6; adjective her bearing was humble : MEEK, deferential, respectful, submissive, self-effacing, unassertive; unpresuming, modest, unassuming, self-deprecating; Scottish mim. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUMBLE — adj. 1 modest, reserved, unpretentious, unostentatious, self-effacing, unassuming, unpresuming For someone who has accomplished so much, she is quite humble …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PIE — See: EAT HUMBLE PIE, FINGER IN THE PIE, PIE IN THE SKY, SWEETIE PIE.
Словарь английских идиом
PIE — I сущ. 1) пирог; пирожок to bake a pie ≈ испечь пирог piece, slice of pie ≈ кусок пирога wedge …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HUMBLE — I 1. прил. 1) а) скромный, непритязательный; застенчивый, робкий Syn : modest, unassuming б) покорный, смиренный; униженный humble request humble …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PIE — pie.ogg _I paı n 1. 1> пирог; пирожок potato pie - картофельный пирог shepherd's pie - картофельная запеканка с мясом …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HUMBLE — humble.ogg _I 1. ʹhʌmb(ə)l a 1. 1> скромный, застенчивый, робкий; почтительный humble follower - скромный последователь humble smile - робкая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PIE — пирог - pie chart - pie diagram - pie winding
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HUMBLE — I humble прил.1) а) скромный, непритязательный; застенчивый, робкий Syn:modest, unassuming б) покорный, смиренный; униженный - humble request - humble pie …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PIE — _I paı n 1. 1> пирог; пирожок potato pie - картофельный пирог shepherd's pie - картофельная запеканка с мясом 2> …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HUMBLE — _I 1. ʹhʌmb(ə)l a 1. 1> скромный, застенчивый, робкий; почтительный humble follower - скромный последователь humble smile - робкая /жалкая/ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PIE — I paɪ сущ. 1) пирог; пирожок to bake a pie — испечь пирог piece, slice of pie — кусок пирога …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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